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✓ Add user accounts. The desktop’s Control Panel
lets you manage a user account. You can toggle
a user account between Standard and
Administrator, change its name, and even delete
it completely. But if you need to add a user
account — or even change your own account’s
picture — you’re dropped off at the Start
screen’s PC Settings screen to finish the job.
✓ Play a music file or view a photo. Windows 8
sets itself up to use the Start screen’s Music and
Photos apps. Open one photo or MP3 file on the
desktop, and you’ll find yourself back in Start
screen land.
✓ Troubleshoot. Although the Start screen spe-
cializes in rather anemic faire, it also contains
two of the most powerful troubleshooting tools
in Windows 8: Refresh and Remove Everything.
These two tools offer last-ditch cure-alls for
ailing computers. You won’t find any way to
access these tools from the desktop, however.
In short, be prepared for the occasional unavoidable
journey to the Start screen.
I Want to Avoid the Desktop!
On a touchscreen tablet, it’s enticing to stay on the
Start screen with its finger-sized tiles and easy-to-
touch icons. Smartphone owners have enjoyed the
app lifestyle for years.
But staying nestled within the Start screen’s world of
apps can be more difficult than it appears. No matter
how hard you try to avoid the desktop and its pin-
sized controls, you’ll find yourself dragged there
when you do any of the following things from the
Start screen:
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